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Empowering Slum Children Through Theatre for change : Anurvana’s Transformative Journey

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Theatre for change A Personal Journey: From Slums to Theatre His love for theatre led him back to the slums of Delhi where his family lived in a tiny 8×10 square-foot room and all members regardless of age contributed to their survival. Anand juggled jobs as a scavenger, security guard, data entry operator, Uber […]

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Growing More Than Crops: Krishna Hari Dulal’s Epic Journey and the ASHABHUMI Farm Vision

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Growing More Than Crops Introduction A vibrant community, thriving in the hills of Sindupalchoak, Aarukharka, Nepal, where greenery meets mountains and a nearby river serenades the landscape. Families work together during the planting season, children play in the muddy soil, and laughter fills the air … This is Krishna Hari Dulal’s dream. Surviving in the

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Determination has no disability

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Determination and Disability When I was just two years old, a doctor gave me an expired polio vaccine. After three months, I was diagnosed with polio, a disease that affects the bones and movement, and I lost my ability to walk for the rest of my life. The Supportive Mother: A Backbone for Education My

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Bone from Myanmar teaches Wilfred, a blind kanthari participant in mobility skills

The day, I woke up with worries

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Blind youths Myanmar A Life-Altering Accident: From Football Dreams to Blindness I remember the incident as if it was yesterday. When I turned 17 years old, I had enough. Enough from being prepared for a future without an interesting job perspective. I wanted to quit high school and, like many other blind youths, learn massage,

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Breaking Barriers-The Uplifting Journey of Kavya Poornima

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Breaking Barriers – The Uplifting Journey of Kavya Poornima Balajepalli Meet Kavya Poornima Balajepalli, a 27-year-old young woman with a bright smile, filled with a passion for art and a love for life’s little joys like gazing at stars, observing skylines, smelling Petrichor, or driving vehicles. Trained in Bharatanatyam, she is an art enthusiast, involved

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A Journey of Resilience and Hope

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A Journey of Resilience and Hope “It was a beautiful morning when I was sitting in my small office when my friend, Dominic, a social worker in a certain church group called me. “Good morning Mary……. I have a case which I know will be of much interest to you.” Dominic knows the passion I

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Emmanuel Fuhbang hails from Cameroon and works on peace building.

Rekindling Hope – Empowering Youth in Bamenda

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Rekindling Hope “If we don’t end the war, the war will end us” – H.G. Wells The Plight of Bobo in Conflict-Stricken Bamenda Bobo, a 22-year-old young man is one of the many youths between the ages of 15-35 living in the conflict-stricken town of Bamenda. Bamenda also known as Abakwa, is a city in

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water shortage drowns education

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by Itohan Iyawe How water shortage drowns education opportunities in Nigeria During the course of one of my fieldwork for the identification of problems/challenges in rural communities, I visited the Irese community in the southern part of Ondo State, Nigeria. There, I met with Alice, a fifteen-year-old girl, looking way older than her age. As

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Leprosy is preventable and treatable

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by Johny Soelistyo, “One day, during Ramadan, I was on my way to meet Fat, a lady in her 50s, when a call for mid-day prayer sounded over the village. When I knocked, her son opened the door. He said that his mum was taking a rest. ”I am sleepy, because of fasting” she shouted

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Martin Buber Plaque

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Martin Buber Plaque 2022 for Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg The name “kanthari” was carefully chosen by Sabriye and Paul. They say: “kanthari is a chili that grows wild in the backyards of Kerala. Once rooted, it survives droughts and floods. The small ‘kanthari’ looks harmless but it is one of the spiciest chilis in

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Empowering Slum Children Through Theatre for change : Anurvana’s Transformative Journey

Growing More Than Crops: Krishna Hari Dulal’s Epic Journey and the ASHABHUMI Farm Vision

Determination has no disability

Breaking Barriers-The Uplifting Journey of Kavya Poornima

A Journey of Resilience and Hope

Rekindling Hope – Empowering Youth in Bamenda

water shortage drowns education

Leprosy is preventable and treatable

Martin Buber Plaque

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